by LEON MOOSAVI for UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL on MAY 23, 2013: “We have forgotten we are at war. We find it perplexing that a British soldier could be killed in our streets, near to a school, on a busy afternoon. We have forgotten we are at war. We are prone to suffering violence because our [...]
via UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE on MAY 17, 2013: Converts have the potential to be a powerful and transformative influence on both the heritage Muslim community and wider British society – Yasir Suleiman A ground-breaking report examining the experiences of nearly 50 British women of all ages, ethnicities, backgrounds and faiths (or no faith) – who have [...]
by BRUCE JENTLESON for DEUTSCHE WELLE on MAY 16, 2013: Worse than not learning from history, is drawing the wrong lessons. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars carry lessons for the US and its allies in Syria. We just need to get it right, writes Bruce W. Jentleson. In a nutshell, there are two important lessons to [...]
Bruce Lawrence: The Spectacle of Terror – Old Reminders, New Lessons
by BRUCE LAWRENCE for ISLAMiCommentary on May 23, 2013: Any American who watched the grizzly footage of the broad daylight murder of an off duty soldier in London yesterday had to be reminded of the Boston Marathon massacres on April 15, scarcely a month and a week earlier. What most news reports have been quick [...]
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